Semiconductor, optical networking and storage names advanced before the U.S. open as June non-seasonally adjusted CPI came in at 3.5% year over year, below the 3.8% expected and 4.2% previously.
U.S. semiconductor and storage stocks rose in premarket trading on July 14, with gains extending beyond chip-equipment and memory names to optical communication companies. Marvell Technology led the semiconductor-related movers cited, rising 5.7%, while Applied Materials gained 6.53%, Intel added 3.89% and Arm rose 3.71%. Optical communication stocks including Corning, AAOI, Coherent, Astera Labs and Credo also moved higher. Storage shares such as Seagate, Western Digital, SanDisk and Micron advanced as well after the U.S. reported June non-seasonally adjusted CPI at 3.5% year over year, versus 4.2% previously and 3.8% expected. The breadth of the moves pointed to broad early-session strength across chip, networking and storage-related technology stocks.